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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1897
Page
8
A small classified notice advertises white and red damask table linen in 60 and 65 inch widths at 50 and 60 cents per yard respectively. Red damask offers 56 inch at 40 cents and 60 inch at 45 cents per yard. Oil cloths: former price three dollars per dozen.
Vessel schedules and departures dominate the report with multiple ships sailing to Hawaii, New York, and internal Pacific routes. The Lwalani will transport the Board of Health to Molokai leper settlement. the Dalcairnie sailed from Kahului with 3050 tons sugar. Coastal tides timed for the day accompany shipping notes along with naval movements and sugar-season wrap up.
A home recipe note describes maple sugar drops made by boiling syrup with water to a creamy stage, then cooling and shaping into fondant, formed on buttered tins. Also includes an old fashioned lemon pie recipe with lemon rind juice yolks sugar flour milk and baking, topped by stiffly beaten whites. Fashion notes mention hats, hair, colors, fabrics, and popular ensembles of the period.
Shipping intelligence lists arrivals including Frupat May 81 and Kaala from Onha, Commins from Osha ports, Luke from Panuito, and Kaena from Oat as well as Mokoul from Molokai. Trade goods include sugar, rice, hides, taro, and cattle across vessels such as Ex Moloko, J A Carmine, Mokoili, and Ravikenoull with bags of sugar and taro noted.
Harper's Bazaar notes a novel party idea where girls and young men bring their own horror items. Guests unwrap and laugh over pet aversions such as a black cat basket, a foul perfume, and a haunted painting. The revelry includes a cotillion and dancing into the night.
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